{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2542827,"song":"The Legionnaires Lament","artist":"The Decemberists","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11512844-the-legionnaires-lament-chords-by-the-decemberists/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2542827?type=chord","rating":4.746,"votes":7,"content":"Verse shapes -\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] - x57765\r\n[ch]F[/ch] - x33211\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch] - x44322 \r\n (F# is just a passing chord between F and G in verse)[/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] - x55433\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch] - 355333\r\n[ch]A[/ch] - x02220\r\n\r\nChorus shapes -\r\n[ch]F[/ch] - 133211\r\n[ch]C/G[/ch] - 332010\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch] - 355333\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] - x13331\r\n[ch]Bbm[/ch] - x13321\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a legionnaire camel in disrepair[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHoping for a frigid heir to come passing by[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI am on reprieve lacking my joie de vivre[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMissing my gay Paris in this desert dry[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I wrote my girl told her I would not return[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTerribly taken a turn for the worse now I fear[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's been a year or more since they shipped me to this foreign shore[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFighting in a foreign war so far away from my home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIf only some rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the side walk bagatelles it's like a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWith the roar of cars and the lulling of the cafe bars,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nLord I don't know if I'll ever[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nbe back again La la da dum[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLa la la low[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMedicating in the sun pinched doses of laudanum[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLonging for the old fecundity of my homeland[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCurses to this mirage, a bottle of ancient Shiraz[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA smattering of distant applause is ringing in my poor ears[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn the old left bank my baby in a charabanc[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRiding up the width and length of the Champs Elysees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIf only some rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the side walk bagatelles it's like a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWith the roar of cars and the lulling of the cafe bars,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nLord I don't know if I'll ever[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nbe back again La la da dum[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLa la la low[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIf only some rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the side walk bagatelles it's like a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWith the roar of cars and the lulling of the cafe bars,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nLord I don't know if I'll ever[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Ending]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nbe back again, be back again,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBe back again, I'll be back again[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAh ah ahh ohh ah ah ahh ohhh[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nLa la la lo oh ohh oh ohh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro accordion light guitar]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]","plain_text":"Verse shapes -\nDm - x57765\nF - x33211\n\nG - x55433\nGm - 355333\nA - x02220\n\nChorus shapes -\nF - 133211\nC/G - 332010\nGm - 355333\nBb - x13331\nBbm - x13321\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nDm F\nF# G Gm A\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Ending]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro accordion light guitar]\nF C/G\nGm Bb Bbm Dm","chords":["Dm","F","F#","G","Gm","A","C/G","Bb","Bbm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}